Hello,

To answer your question, Mathematics is one of the core subjects to get admission in this course. So yes, it is compulsory.

Eligibility Criteria:

A candidate must have passed the Bachelor’s degree (with 50% marks in aggregate) in the following subjects: Economics (Honours) with Mathematics as subsidiary subject; or Mathematics (Honours) with Economics as a subsidiary subject; or Statistics (Honours) with Economics and Mathematics as subsidiary subjects.

Any other Bachelor’s degree (with 60% marks in aggregate) with Economics and Mathematics as subjects. For in absentia application: Bachelor’s degree with Economics, Mathematics and Statistics as the subject; and GRE scores.

Please check this link for further details,

https://www.careers360.com/university/jawaharlal-nehru-university-new-delhi/ma-economics-specialization-in-world-economy-course

Hope this helped. good luck for your future!